Cloudy and cold. It was great to be in Chicago for Christmas. On Christmas Eve, we went to the suburbs for a family gathering. I pointed out the planets Jupiter and Venus, and was asked what else I could see. I saw the constellation Orion rising in the east, but couldn't point out much else. The light pollution washed out all but the brightest of stars. Driving back to Vermont the other night, the sky was clear, and the winter stars were blazing out of the blackness, thousands of them. The stars in the Orion Nebula twinkled like lights on a Christmas tree, shining out of some darkened living room far far away. We definitely live in a backwater here on the other side of the creek, but there are some advantages.
the Orion Nebula from jlc walker on flickr
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